Christopher Columbus Statue in Central Park Is Vandalized
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Christopher Columbus Statue in Central Park Is Vandalized
12, 2017
A more than century-old statue of Christopher Columbus inside Central Park was discovered defaced on Tuesday morning, its hands stained with red paint
and its pedestal scrawled with graffiti including the hashtag "#somethingscoming." A parks worker alerted the police to the defacement of the 1892 bronze, which stands north of the 65th Street transverse, at 7 a.m., according to the New York Police Department.
Mark Hollander said that New Yorkers are by and large respectful of public property and we don’t see that changing in any meaningful way.
Following the removals of such statues nationwide in the aftermath, Mayor Bill de Blasio convened a commission to review of the city’s iconography for possible
removal, including images of Columbus, whose 1492 voyage to the Caribbean, historians say, was at the grave cost of the indigenous people there.
"People need the full history to pay attention." The Central Park statue is about half a mile north
of the more famous depiction of Columbus that towers over Columbus Circle at 59th Street.
"Maybe Christopher Columbus wasn’t the most ethical person or kind person,
but his accomplishments stand for themselves." Angelina and Dylan Peace, who were visiting from California on their honeymoon, stood at the base as workers scrubbed at the red hands.
On Tuesday morning, a worker from the Central Park Conservancy’s conservation team stood atop a ladder, methodically
rubbing a solvent-soaked rag on Columbus’s right hand, which was stained bright red, a bronze flag in its grasp.
12, 2017
A more than century-old statue of Christopher Columbus inside Central Park was discovered defaced on Tuesday morning, its hands stained with red paint
and its pedestal scrawled with graffiti including the hashtag "#somethingscoming." A parks worker alerted the police to the defacement of the 1892 bronze, which stands north of the 65th Street transverse, at 7 a.m., according to the New York Police Department.
Mark Hollander said that New Yorkers are by and large respectful of public property and we don’t see that changing in any meaningful way.
Following the removals of such statues nationwide in the aftermath, Mayor Bill de Blasio convened a commission to review of the city’s iconography for possible
removal, including images of Columbus, whose 1492 voyage to the Caribbean, historians say, was at the grave cost of the indigenous people there.
"People need the full history to pay attention." The Central Park statue is about half a mile north
of the more famous depiction of Columbus that towers over Columbus Circle at 59th Street.
"Maybe Christopher Columbus wasn’t the most ethical person or kind person,
but his accomplishments stand for themselves." Angelina and Dylan Peace, who were visiting from California on their honeymoon, stood at the base as workers scrubbed at the red hands.
On Tuesday morning, a worker from the Central Park Conservancy’s conservation team stood atop a ladder, methodically
rubbing a solvent-soaked rag on Columbus’s right hand, which was stained bright red, a bronze flag in its grasp.